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(No Model.)

s. B. RATEKIN.

WIRE CLOTH DELIVER NG REEL. v No. 369,126. Patented Aug. 30, 1887.

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SILAS E. RATEKIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WIRE-CLOTH-DELIVERING REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,126, dated August30, 1887,

Application filed September 22, 1886. Serial No. 214,249. (No model.)

To all whom it nzag concern.

Be it known that I, SILAS E. RATEKIN, of Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Reel, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theannexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of my improved reel, and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelyvertical and transverse sections of the middle portion of the standardof the reel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

The object of my invention is to provide a reel for containing rolls ofwire-cloth and other fabrics and supporting the rolls in a verticalposition for exhibition, the roll-holder being arranged to be turneddowninto a horizontal position when it is desired to remove some of thefabric from the roll.

I inafter described and claimed.

The post A is provided at or near the center thereof with arectangularportion, B, and

is fitted to turn at its lower end in a step, 0. The upper end of thepost is bored axially to receive the rounded end-of the rod D, the upperend of the said rod being squared and fitted to a socket, E, attached tothe ceiling or other convenient support. The squared portion B of thepost A is bored at right angles with each of its faces to receive theeyebolts a a a at. The eyes of the eyebolts are provided withthumb-screws b, for clamping the roll-holders F in any desired position.

Each roll-holder F consists of a rod of round iron bent twice at rightangles, forming near opposite ends arms 0 a, which project in the samedirection and parallel with each other. These arms '0 a are providedwith eyes d d in the ends thereof for receiving the rod G, and the eye dis provided with a thumb-screw, e, for holding the rod in place. Eachrod G is provided with an ornamental head, f, which prevents it fromslipping through the eye (1, and also gives the roll holder a finishedappearance.

To the back of the roll-holder F is secured a guard, H, made of a rodbent twice at right angles near its end, forming the arms 3 which arecurved to conform to the shape of the roll placed on the rod G, and areinserted in holes in the back of the roll-holder F and riveted. Uponeach of the rods G of the reel is placed a roll of wire-cloth or otherfabric, and when the roll is to be exhibited the roll-holder F is placedin a vertical position; but when it is desired to unroll some of thefabric from the roll the roll-holder F is turned down into ahorizontalposition, as shown at the front of Fig. 1, the eyebolt aforming the pivotal support upon which the roll-holder is turned. Theguard H'holds the fabric so that it does not unwind itself. 7

I have represented my improved reel as being placed upon a counter, I,and I have shown the rod D supported at its upper end by a socket, E,secured to the ceiling; but I do not limit or confine myself to thisarrangement.

It is obvious that the central portion of the post Amayhavea greaternumber of sides than I have represented, and that a correspondinglyincreased number of roll-holders F may be connected with the post.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 4 1. In a reel for rolls of wire-cloth andother fabrics, the combination, with a vertical post, of a verticalrollholder and ahorizontal pivot connecting said holder to the post,whereby the holder may be swung from a vertical to a horizontal positionwhen the fabric is to be unwound, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a vertical post pivoted to turn horizontally,of a series of vertical roll-holders and horizontal pivots connectingthe said holders to the post, whereby the post may be rotated to showthe several roll-holders, and the holders turned to a horizontalposition when the fabric is to be unrolled, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the vertical horizontally-revoluble post havinga rectangular IOO in the step 0 and axially bored in the upper endthereof, the rod D, fitted to the bore of the post, the socket E,adapted to hold the rod D, the eyebolts a a a a, received in holes inthe 5 post A, and the roll-holders F, provided with arms 0 0, eyes d d,and the rod G, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the post A, journaled in the step 0 and axiallybored in the upper IO end thereof, the rod D, fitted to the bore of thepost, the socket E, adapted to hold the rod D, the eyebolts a a a a,received in holes in the post A, the roll-holder F, provided with arms a0', eyes (i d, the rod G, and the guard H, substantially as described.

SILAS E. RA'IEKIN.

Witnesses:

R. L. BUCHANAN, W. E. MANNING.

